Me and You and Everyone We Know

Theatrical Release Date: 2005 06 17 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 027616122940

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Profanity]

Summary: A handful of disparate characters, both adults and children, find themselves navigating the tricky waters of intimacy in this award-winning independent comedy drama. Richard (John Hawkes) is a recent divorc? who is alternately exhilarated and terrified with his life and the world around him. While he believes great things are in store for him, he's also become so despondent about his wife's departure that he attempts to set his hand on fire. Richard meets Christine (Miranda July) at the shoe store where he works; Christine likes to paint a picture of herself as a stylish and confident video artist, but in truth she supports herself as a driver with a car service for the elderly, and she'd very much like to meet someone special. As Richard and Christine fumble their way into a relationship, Richard's two sons have issues of their own. Seven-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff) has met someone in an Internet chat room who responds to his na?ve and scatological perceptions of sex, while 14-year-old Peter (Miles Thompson) finds himself on the receiving end of unusual and unexpected attention from two girls in his class. Me and You and Everyone We Know was the first feature film written and directed by noted performance artist Miranda July; the picture won prizes in 2005 at the Cannes Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Producers Award – Independent Spirit Awards In Competition – Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision – Sundance Film Festival Best First Feature – Independent Spirit Awards Best First Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards Most Promising Performer – Chicago Film Critics Association Most Promising Director – Chicago Film Critics Association Best First Film – Cannes Film Festival

Features: ccDeleted Scenes

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 10/11/2005

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 92 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Me and You and Everyone We Know
1. Start [7:12]
2. Good Shoes & Dead Fish [5:28]
3. Mail-In Art [4:22]
4. Talking Dirty [5:26]
5. Back and Forth [3:59]
6. Past the Halfway Point [9:40]
7. Blind Test [8:46]
8. Separation Anxiety [6:06]
9. Part of a Community [8:20]
10. "Did You Love It?" [12:28]
11. A Future With Children [7:55]
12. A Good Fit [11:43]

Brian J. Dillard

Slight, and slightly precious, this wide-eyed indie cross-pollinates the romantic comedy with the offbeat ensemble drama. Whether the results seem like Robert Altman lite or a more profound When Harry Met Sally depends upon the sensibilities of the viewer. Writing and directing her first feature, video artist Miranda July grapples with the terror and exhilaration of human interaction: love, sex, companionship, and fate. These characters -- including July's own Christine, the aspiring artist whose tentative romance frames the story -- rarely understand their own needs, let alone each other's. Their lives intersect, often in unexpected ways, yet fear and misunderstanding usually threaten any lasting connection. As a filmmaker, July favors episodes over arcs and wry chuckles over belly laughs. As a performer, she proves compellingly ethereal: evocative where she could have settled for quirky shtick. Ditto for John Hawkes, of Deadwood fame, who provides a winsome variation on the sort of wounded man-child who pops up in any number of features at Sundance every year. Really, there's not a bad performance to be found anywhere in the film. It's the overall tone that's as likely to annoy as enchant. July makes judicious use of talented composer Michael Andrews, whose previous credits include Donnie Darko and TV's Wonderfalls. His compositions help sustain the mood of ramshackle momentum and the moments of sudden, tenuous transcendence. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Brad Henke  Actor 
Ellen Geer  Actor 
Peter Carlton  Executive Producer 
Caroline Kaplan  Executive Producer 
Jonathan Sehring  Executive Producer 
Miranda July  Director 
Miranda July  Screenwriter 
Gina Kwon  Producer 
Holly Becker  Executive Producer 
Michael Andrews  Composer (Music Score) 
Iliana Nikolic  Executive Producer 
John Hawkes  Actor 
Miranda July  Actor 
Miles Thompson  Actor 
Brandon Ratcliff  Actor 
Carlie Westerman  Actor 
Natasha Slayton  Actor 
Najarra Townsend  Actor 

Country: UK,USA